In Campania, almost 1.5 million people live around the Vesuvius. Vesuvius, is an old volcano, famous in the history for the big eruption of 79d.c. that destroyed Pompei and Ercolano. The last volcanic activity it was during the Second World War, August 12, 1943. During all these years, the scientists spoke often of the possibility of a new eruption that could occur at any time. What is the relation that all the people living in the area have with the volcano and how they live their lives being geographically so close to such a scary place considering that in the region there is still no solid evacuation plan? In the meantime at the slopes of Vesuvius the people continue the construction of housing ignoring the high level risk of the area.